Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/597 Representatives of Kosovo women’s NGOs and civil society met last night with the President of the UN Security Council, Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury of Bangladesh, along with the ambassadors of Colombia, Jamaica, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. During a wide-ranging…

UNMIK/PR/598 Pristina – The United Nations World Food Programme is tapping contingency stockpiles and mobilising extra staff to assist a fresh wave of ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing into Kosovo from the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM). More than 18,000 refugees have…

UNMIK/PR/596 PRISTINA -- The Security Council - on the first-ever mission of all 15 members - completed a two-day visit to Kosovo with an appeal to both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb leaders to shun extremism and commit all efforts to building a multi-ethnic society. "The communities should look…

UNMIK/PR/596 NEW YORK - All 15 members of the Security Council will travel to Kosovo and Belgrade from June 15-18 to see first-hand the political and security challenges faced by the United Nations in the province, as well as to convey to the people of Kosovo the need to reject violence and take…

UNMIK/PR/593 DSRSG Daan Everts and OSCE Director of Elections Peter Urben made presentations on the upcoming elections in today's session of the Interim Administrative Council. Mr. Everts reiterated the importance of the political cooperation of all the parties and that the "inclusive character" of…

UNMIK/PR/592 PRISTINA - Following a recent review of the activities and functions of judicial support staff throughout Kosovo, the Department of Justice has announced an increase in the salary of some support staff working in the judiciary. The new salaries will come into effect as of 1 July 2001…

UNMIK/PR/588 PRISTINA – The UNMIK NGO Liaison and Registration Unit has issued notices to 272 non-governmental organizations in Kosovo which enjoyed Public Benefit Status in year 2000 for failing to submit an annual report for the year 2000 before the deadline of 30 April 2001. These NGOs were…

UNMIK/PR/587 The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed the UNMIK regulation which, when signed by the SRSG, will establish Radio Television Kosovo as an independent broadcasting organization. However most of today’s meeting concerned the Framework for Return of Kosovo Serbs for 2001. The…

UNMIK/PR/586 In an effort to thwart the movement of extremists into and out of Kosovo, UNMIK has recently promulgated a regulation which limits the legal boundary and border crossing points to 19 designated sites, and makes all other crossings subject to criminal prosecution. SRSG Hans Haekkerup…

UNMIK/PR/583 PRISTINA -- UNMIK announced today the formation of a new structure that will join the UNMIK departments of law enforcement and judicial affairs in order to strengthen the fight against crime. The two departments, which had been part of UNMIK’s Pillar II, Civil Administration, will now…